@article{ref1,
title="Acculturation and Latino family processes: how cultural involvement, biculturalism, and acculturation gaps influence family dynamics",
journal="Family relations",
year="2008",
author="Smokowski, Paul R. and Rose, Roderick and Bacallao, Martica L.",
volume="57",
number="3",
pages="295-308",
abstract="This study investigated how adolescent and parent acculturation (culture-of-origin and U.S. cultural involvement, biculturalism, acculturation conflicts, and parent-adolescent acculturation gaps) influenced family dynamics (family cohesion, adaptability, familism, and parent-adolescent conflict) in a sample of 402 Latino families from North Carolina and Arizona. Multiple regression and hierarchical linear models suggested that culture-of-origin involvement and biculturalism were cultural assets related to positive outcomes, whereas acculturation conflict was inversely related to positive family dynamics and positively related to parent-adolescent conflict. Parent-adolescent acculturation gaps were inversely associated with family cohesion, adaptability, and familism but were unrelated to parent-adolescent conflict. Limitations and implications for practice are discussed.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0197-6664",
doi="10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00501.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00501.x"
}